When I decided that I would buckle down and get my masters, I knew that my daily, weekly routine would be altered. I knew that in certain areas of my life there would be a lack and that made me realize I couldn't do certain things on my own and that I may need some help. With all the tentacles that makes up my life; it would seem I have a very busy life. And sometimes I can lose balance and focus on all that I need to do. I have a loving man in my life who supports me going to school to obtain this masters and he supports my love for teaching and children. He's always encouraging me to do my best and focus on one dinosaur at a time. My mom is another support that I have. She's certified in marriage counseling and life coaching and she supports learning and growth. These two individuals offer a lot of support that I am blessed to have.
Loving support says through all the challenges of your journey I love you inspire of. My loves asks me all the time how's school going? or What did yall talk about his week. He loves seeing my face light up and the gleam in my eye. He always comments by saying "if no one else wants to hear about what you've learned, well I want to hear. I ll never stop listening to you talk about what your learning." That makes me feel good because it supports my decision to continue on this journey. My mom will always say I'm just fulfilling my God given right and destiny and that it's in my blood to teach.
Spiritual Support says I'm praying for you and sending you words of wisdom and encouragement along the way. Everyday is a challenge for me in my line of work, because I don't know what I will face or who I'm dealing with. The support I get encourages me to look within my self and pray for strengthen. Sometimes they know exactly what to say to help me press on.
If I didn't have this support, it would make living a daily challenge. Life brings us challenges on a hourly basis and that's why it's good to have a stable support system. These two(my love and my mom) offer me a reality check that brings me back to life. They provide me with hope, joy and discipline. Life would be very difficult because I wouldn't have anyone to help encourage me or remind me that I'm doing the right thing. Life can happen and set up road blocks to let you know that going to school is a bad idea. If I didn't have the current support system that I have now, I wouldn't be sitting here typing this blog for my assignment. If I didn't have this support, I wouldn't have a plan for this masters that I will obtain.
The benefit to having this two as a support system is, they allow me to vent, they allow me to bounce ideas off of them, the allow me to understand other perspectives when I think I'm right. The two see reason and hidden meaning that my brain won't allow me to see at times.
There are challenges that I don't face such as disability, absent baby father etc. But if I had, I probably won't be able to work a full time, develop a business and go to school. Simply put my support system is my life line. Just like when administering CPR, we have an emergency chain that we follow. We make sure the scene is safe, let your person know your here to help, have someone call 911 and get and AED, do the look listen and feel, and then begins your cycles of CPR. Same with my support system, they allow me to vent, see my mistake, make the correction and/or celebrate the accomplishment and the lesson learned. With out this, I wouldn't be here today.
